Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Figure causes "Overfull \hbox"

[Singularity]

Hi. I am including three figures which are not very wide in my document. The code works - that is, it includes the pics, more or less where I want them to be - but I keep getting the following "bad box" warnings:

) <../Lectures/FPU/Code/fpuN=16beta=4.png, id=1, 422.32782pt x 316.18124pt>
File: ../Lectures/FPU/Code/fpuN=16beta=4.png Graphic file (type png)

<use ../Lectures/FPU/Code/fpuN=16beta=4.png>
Package pdftex.def Info: ../Lectures/FPU/Code/fpuN=16beta=4.png used on input l
ine 8.
(pdftex.def) Requested size: 422.32678pt x 316.18047pt.

Overfull \hbox (32.32678pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 8--9
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Here's my MWE:

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\documentclass[12pt,fleqn,reqno]{article}
%fleqn: left align equations
%reqno: equation numbers on right
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm}
\usepackage{amsfonts,graphics,epsfig,cite}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[hbt]
	\includegraphics{../Lectures/FPU/Code/fpuN=16beta=4}
	\caption{The FPU recurrence with $\beta=4$.}
	\label{fig:fpuN=16}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

Why am I getting a "too wide" box? How do I fix it?
I've also attached one of the images.
TIA.

[localghost]

[…] Why am I getting a "too wide" box? How do I fix it? […]

The included image is just too wide for your text body. I see two possible remedies.

• scale the figure down (recommended to three quarter of its original size).
• set up another type area with reduced margins thus increased text width.

Thorsten

[Singularity]

[…] Why am I getting a "too wide" box? How do I fix it? […]

The included image is just too wide for your text body. I see two possible remedies.

• scale the figure down (recommended to three quarter of its original size).
• set up another type area with reduced margins thus increased text width.

Thorsten

Really? It doesn't look too wide. I could shrink it a bit without loss of information.

I don't know how to setup a type area. If I do that, would it affect the hardcopy printout? This is for my thesis and my school has strict guidelines regarding who it should print.

[localghost]

[…] Really? It doesn't look too wide. I could shrink it a bit without loss of information. […]

I can tell you for sure without testing your example. But you could check that by setting the »draft« option temporarily for the document class. There should appear a black rule in the margin wherever there is an overfull horizontal box. Three quarters are recommended because of the relation between postscript point (big point) and pixel. Your picture then would appear in the document like you would see on the screen in a picture viewer.

[…] I don't know how to setup a type area. If I do that, would it affect the hardcopy printout? This is for my thesis and my school has strict guidelines regarding who it should print.

If you are bounded to certain demands then changing the type area is out of the race. The type area in standard classes is usually set up by the geometry package. Other classes like those from KOMA Script or the memoir class have built-in mechanisms.

[Singularity]

I can tell you for sure without testing your example. But you could check that by setting the »draft« option temporarily for the document class. There should appear a black rule in the margin wherever there is an overfull horizontal box. Three quarters are recommended because of the relation between postscript point (big point) and pixel. Your picture then would appear in the document like you would see on the screen in a picture viewer.

Draft mode did as you said, but didn't tell me anything new (that you guys hadn't already told me). I will resize them.
Thanks for the useful replies.

[Singularity]

Is there anything in the log file which might indicate how much I have to shrink the images? In order to save me having to do trial and error to get the size right.
Thanks.